ACM SIGKDD

KDD-2002: Information for Authors

Summary of ACM SIG Proceedings Format
Camera-Ready Submission Guidlines
Templates and Copyright

Submission Guidelines:

Camera-ready copies must be submitted electronically by FTP before 6pm PST May 31, 2002.
The papers should be uploaded af ftp://ftp.cs.ualberta.ca/incoming/
Logon as: anonymous
Password: your e-mail address

Camera-ready files should be in PDF.
Your file name should be prefixed with "kdd-" followed by your first name and last name. Example: kdd-JohnSmith.pdf. If you are submitting two or more files, please number them. For example: kdd-JohnSmith1.pdf and kdd-JohnSmith2.pdf.
Files are automatically moved off the FTP site. Please do not re-post your paper if you do not see it on the site.

Again, all papers must be submitted in PDF format. It is the responsibility of the authors to ensure that the submitted papers print correctly on a variety of printers. If any special fonts are used, they must be included in the submission.

Copyright

A signed copyright release form is due by 31 of May 2002. The copyright form is accessible on-line in PDF and MS Word format. The form must be signed and sent to:
Dr. Osmar R. Zaïane (KDD 2002 Proceedings Chair)
Department of Computing Science, Athabasca Hall
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E8
Canada

or faxed to: +1 780 492 1071 (Attention Dr. Osmar R. Zaïane (KDD 2002 Proceedings Chair)
IMPORTANT: We cannot publish your paper without this permission.

Page Numbers and Cost of Extra Pages

Full Papers: You are allowed a total of TEN (10) pages for your paper. This includes all figures, tables, and references. Up to TWO (2) extra pages may be purchased at US $200.00 per extra page.

If you need to purchase overpages, please send an e-mail (before May 31) to zaiane@cs.ualberta.ca.

Poster Papers: You are allowed a total of SIX (6) pages for your paper. This includes all figures, tables, and references. ONE (1) extra page may be purchased for US $200.00.

If you need to purchase overpages, please send an e-mail (before May 31) to zaiane@cs.ualberta.ca and
Send cheque payable to "ACM SIGKDD 2002 Conference" to:

Dr. Davood Rafiei (KDD 2002 Treasurer)
Department of Computing Science, Athabasca Hall
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E8
Canada
If you prefer transfering the amount directly to the conference account rather than sending cheques, please inform Dr. Rafiei, the conference treasurer, and transfer the correct amount to the following conference account:

"ACM KDD 2002"

Bank of Montreal
Windsor Park - University District
11630-87th Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T6G 0Y2

Account #: 8066 206
Branch Transit #: 05939
Inst. #: 001
Bank swift # for transfers from US: HATRUS33
Bank swift # for transfers from everywhere else (including Canada): BOFMCAM2
Bank routing # for transfers from US: 026007760

ACM SIGKDD 2002 Proceedings Templates

The templates for the SIGKDD 2002 Conference Proceedings are available for LaTeX as well as MS Word. They are based on the offical ACM Proceedings Format.
MS Word: LaTeX2e: If you want to use your own templates, please note that this copyright statement has to appear at the bottom left corner of the first page of the paper.
Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee.
SIGKDD 02 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Copyright 2002 ACM 1-58113-567-X/02/0007 ...$5.00.

Do not print page numbers in your papers.

Summary of Required Paper Format

Page Size and Layout: All material on each page should fit within a rectangle of 18 X 23.5 cm (7" X 9.25"), centered on the page, beginning 2.54 cm (1") from the top of the page and ending with 2.54 cm (1") from the bottom. The right and left margins should be 1.9 cm (.75"). The text should be in two 8.45 cm (3.33") columns with a .83 cm (.33") gutter.

All body text is set in two columns. The two columns on the last page should be of (nearly) equal length.

Normal or Body Text: The body text is set in 9-point Times Roman (cmr). Use sans serif or nonproportional fonts only for special purposes, such as distinguishing source code text. Right margins should be justified, not ragged.

Title and Author Information: The title (Helvetica or Arial 18-point bold), authors? names (Helvetica or Arial 12point), author addresses, affiliations and phone number (Helvetica or Arial 10-point) and email address (Helvetica 12 point) run across the full width of the page. Up to three author names and information blocks may be aligned at the top of the first page; any additional author information appears in a paragraph at the end of the paper.

References and Citations: Footnotes should be Times New Roman 9-point. The format of references is a numbered list at the end of the article, ordered alphabetically by first author, and referenced by numbers in brackets e.g. [1].

References should be published materials accessible to the public. Internal technical reports may be cited only if they are easily accessible (i.e. you can give the address to obtain the report within your citation) and may be obtained by any reader. Proprietary information may not be cited. Private communications should be acknowledged, not referenced (e.g. "[Robertson, personal communication]").
Last modified: May 17th, 2002 by the KDD-2002 Webmaster (zaiane@cs.ualberta.ca)